The elderly evangelical pastor struck his wife's head during an altercation on an Alaska Airlines flight.
has wound up in legal trouble for allegedly assaulting his wife aboard an Alaska Airlines flight., 75, and Patti Holmberg, 59, who live in Virginia, were traveling for a meeting “related to their ministry” aboardA 75-year-old pastor, Roger Allan Holmberg Sr.
“ wanted me to read something on his cell phone, so I just glanced over his phone, and I gave it right back to him, and then he sat down. And then a few moments later, he got back up and hit me on the head,” Patti recalled, as quoted byThe cop noticed “a disturbance” between the couple and heard the wife telling her husband, “You cannot be doing that.”
“How the hell did you get the upgrade?” the pastor demanded, to which his wife responded, “I’m gold point member. Don’t speak to me like that”Upon the flight’s landing at 6:41 p.m., an FBI special agent and an Anchorage Airport Police officer were at the scene waiting for the plane’s arrival. While aboard the plane, she recounted her husband had “struck her in the head with the back of his knuckles” and said he “knew had epilepsy and that contact to head could cause a seizure,” according to the complaint.She said she “had thought about reporting the abuse in the past but never did. However, after this incident she wanted to report it.”
“ stated was disrespectful to him often and had anger issues,” read the complaint. “ had grabbed leg in the past while was driving a vehicle and. also stated had grabbed his genitals in the past with such force that was in pain.”“Although he was upset, he stated he was not a violent person and did not intend to hurt his wife,” the complaint stated.
“Mr. Holmberg has been banned from our flights and a simple assault charge was filed against him by the U.S. Gov’t. on July 3rd,” the spokesperson told
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